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Each week, Planetary Radio visits with a scientist, engineer, project manager, astronaut, advocate or writer who provides a unique and exciting perspective on the exploration of our solar system and beyond. We also showcase regular features that raise your space IQ while they put a smile on your face. Host Mat Kaplan is joined by Planetary Society colleagues Bill Nye the Science Guy, Bruce Betts, and Emily Lakdawalla. We hit the road now and then to produce a Planetary Radio Live show in front of an audience. Drop us a line or enter the weekly space trivia contest at planetaryradio@planetary.org.

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With giant Saturn hanging in the blackness and sheltering Cassini from the Sun's blinding glare, the spacecraft viewed the rings as never before, revealing previously unknown faint rings and even glimpsing its home world.

Saturn Update from Cassini Project Scientist Linda Spilker

04/01/2013 | 30:14

Guests

Linda Spilker, Cassini Project Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

We pay another visit to the queen of planets with Cassini Mission Project Scientist Linda Spilker. She always brings us fascinating news from Saturn, its moons and rings.

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Amazing Science at the 2012 DPS Meeting

10/22/2012 | 28:50

Guests

Alan Stern, New Horizons Principal Investigator, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Bill Borucki, Kepler Principal Investigator
Heidi Hammel, Vice President of the Board of Directors, The Planetary Society
William Hartmann, Planetary scientist, author, and artist
Jim Bell, President of the Board of Directors, The Planetary Society
Rosaly Lopes, Planetary Scientist and Leading Volcanologist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

The 44th Annual Meeting of the AAS Division of Planetary Sciences hosted hundreds of researchers and revealed volumes of scientific results. Join us at the conference.

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More Planetary Radio Live at the Aquarium of the Pacific: Oceans Everywhere

07/30/2012 | 28:50

Guests

Kevin Hand, Deputy Chief Scientist for Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Bill Nye, Chief Executive Officer
David Bader, Director of Education, Aquarium of the Pacific

We return to the Aquarium for much more of our conversation about seas on Earth and seas on other worlds, featuring Dave Bader, Kevin Hand and Bill Nye. Emily Lakdawalla concludes her video tour of Curiosity's cameras and instruments.

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